Ecology of fear
Subtitle: Los Angeles and the imagination of disaster
By: Mike Davis
Publisher: Picador
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780330372190
Subjects: Stadtforschung; Literatur; Environment; Social problems; Social Conditions; Katastrophe; Überschwemmungsgefahr; History; Risikomanagement; Verstädterung; Ecology; Stadtplanung; Milieurampen; Flächenbrand; Feuerökologie; Environmental conditions; Erdbebengefahr; Los Angeles; Slum; Social conditions; Social Problems; Disasters
Description: Los Angeles has become a magnet for the American apocalyptic imagination, with many disasters - both real and those created by Hollywood movies - in recent years. This book examines the history of disaster - both real and imagined - in LA.
Notes: Also published -- New York : Metropolitan Books, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.